TOXlCIN TONAWANDA .

Buffalo, New York 14223 Phone(716)833-0961

IFor Immediate Release Corps of Engineers Meeting April25, 2007- Tonawanda H.S.

Hon. Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter 28th Congressional District New York

@MAILHOUSE.GOV

Comjmunity Uatison 465 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14203

Dear ,

April 25, 2007

I am respectfully hoping to place into record at tonight's Corps of Engineers meeting the below referenced documents that I am hopeful will help to lead to a call for a long overdue congressional investigation.

There are many allegations of governmental official secrecy and controversial operations involving Tonawanda's politicians and the U.S. Corps of Engineers nuclear FUSRAP radionuclide remediation programs.

Please accept my utmost thanks for helping our community cope with the immense ongoing cancer cluster dilemma that Tonawanda's residents have been facing for many years.

I am very grateful and thankful that you have taken the time to educate yourself and Rep. Slaughter on the health consequences we are now facing involving long term health outcome for area residents, Especially children­Emphasis added!

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Ref: 1. NRC Commission comments Renaissance Hotel Austin,Tx 1999

2.E-Mail to from USMC Ret. February 01, 2007

CC:Hon. Lt. Col John U.S. Corps of Engineers Cmdr.

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I think everyone! living any places near a radiation hazard should wear radiation measurement badges. The DOE likes to use the phrase Radiation Protection Dosimeters because it gives untrained people a false idea that they are protected by the badges.

Gamma Rays will go through clothing. Alpha, and Beta particles can be detected if worn on the outside of clothing, and th1~se particles will be detected. We did wear them around our necks on a chain, or on pocket savers in our shirt or jacket pocket. Furthermore the DOE should be the people who provide the dosimeters.

The dosimeter badges were taken away from KAPL workers in 1975, so workers would have the image of working in a safe environment. If you folks are living in the environment, as it appears to me, your Mayor should go to the~ DOE badges for everyone, but especially for pregnant women and children, within a distance chosen by a certified Non-DOE Health Physicist or a member of your Medical community. Better yet see if you cc:1n get a Physician from Social Responsibility [PSR] to determine the type badges and the distance.

Tell the DOE you want the Badges to be worn within ten miles of the facility, and you also want urine samples taken on a monthly basis and blood samples taken on a six month basis, with DOE to bear the cost. If they ask for a reason simply tell them you don't trust the DOE, period. I believe that the DOE has yet to perform a decent cleanup throughout the Nation. You can quote me on that to the DOE. You can tell them, furthermore, that I will be happy to engage in a debate with the DOE at any Time.

Nuclear Physicist/Nuclear Engineer/Manager of Nuclear Safety at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory [19J2-1990] [Retired] Nuclear Reactor Physicist of Naval Nuclear Power Plants at KAPL [1959-1972] Retired

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TOXIC in TONAWANDA Corps of Engineers Meeting April ZS, 2007 /Tonawanda H.S.

For Immediate Release

Dear

16S Oakvale Blvd.

Buffalo, New York 14223

(716)-533-0961

Was asked by new group CURE headed by to thank you for your extremely helpful input as

shown by youself at last "SAVE Committee City of Tonawanda's phone conference regarding radionuclide issues

facing parents and school officials.

You have awakened many in our community. Your views have been well received by residents and much

appreciated.

One thing! the landfill here when completed can only be used by a person for recreational use 2 hrs per week or

15 min per day so says the Corps.

Thank you for article on "Dust" Planned Test Site

Utmost thanks- Phiii ........ Gbfa-mpfa

Dear P

As I think I said, the road will just delay clean-up. The material will migrate down into the underground

water. This will affect well water first, but eventual! will pollute nearby streams and even the lake. The real

question for the residents is: "How far into thE~ future do you care? Your children? Your children's children?

Your children's children's chiildren?

I think everyone living any places near a radiation hazard should wear radiation measurement

badges. The DOE likes to use the phrase Radiation Protection Dosimeters because it gives untrained

people a false idea that they are protected by the badges.

Gamma Rays will go through clothing. Alpha, and Beta particles can be detected if worn on the

outside of clothing, and these particles will be detected. We did wear them around our necks on a

chain, or on pocket savers in our shirt or jacket pocket. Furthermore the DOE should be the people

who provide the dosimeters.

The dosimeter badges were taken away from KAPL workers in 1975, so workers would have the

image of working in a safe environment. If you folks are living in the environment, as it appears to me,

your Mayor should go to the DOE badges for everyone, but especially for pregnant women and

children, within a distance chosen by a CE~rtified Non-DOE Health Physicist or a member of your

Medical community. Better yet see if you can get a Physician from Social Responsibility [PSR] to

determine the type badges and the distance.

Tell the DOE you want the Badges to be worn within ten miles of the facility, and you also want urine

samples taken on a monthly basis and blood samples taken on a six month basis, with DOE to bear

the cost. If they ask for a reason simply tell them you don't trust the DOE, period. I believe that the

DOE has yet to perform a decent cleanup throughout the Nation. You can quote me on that to the

DOE. You can tell them, furthermore, that I will be happy to engage in a debate with the DOE at any

Time.

Major USMC [Retired]

Nuclear Physicist/Nuclear Engineer/Manager of Nuclear Safety

at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory [1972-1990] [Retired]

Nuclear Reactor Physicist of Naval Nuclear Power Plants at KAPL [1959-1972] Retired

165 Oakvale Blvd.

Buffalo, New York 14223

(716)- 833-0961

For Immediate Release- Corps of Engineers Meeting April 2S, 2007 /Tonawanda H.S.

What's this fuss all about?

It's about cancer clusters.

lt1 s about votes

If s about our children

It's about doing the right

thing.

Buffalo News/arHcle Jan 13,2002 jointly partnered with New York

State Dept. of Health showed

cancer Significantly higher for Zip

141SO & 14217

Colo-Rectal/Men 2S 96

Bladder/Women 26%

Breast Women 12.S 96

Thyroid Women 8'1 % Overall cancers 2:2 96

Maj. Doug Rokke, PhD., U.S. Army ret-Address to Congress !

Quote! The Army is required by U.S. Law to treat all persons affected and all areas contaminated by radioactive uranium

munitions.

U.S.Army AR 700-48"/TB9-1300-:278' There are no ifs or buts

My utmost thanks to Hon. Sen. Clinton, Schumer and Rep.

Slaughter for taking a positive heartfelt interest in the welfare

of area residents affected by Tonawanda's radio-nuclide

contamination/particularly children emphasis added !

My appreciation to the City ofT onawanda School/SAVE

committee for giving me the opportunity to speak at their

meeting on Feb. 15th 2007.

In attendence Dr. Barbara Peters. Hon. Mayor Pilozzi,fire, police

and board members. I am especially grateful that I was allowed

to telephone-conference the SAVE panel with Dr. Rosalie Bertell

PhD. GNSH/noted epidemiologist and expert on high and low level

radiation who advised attendees on ingestion hazards/dangers

of airborne nuclear particulates to children. In addition she

answered questions posing considerations for relocating children

attending Riverview elementary school in the event that blood

and urine analysis showed to be problematic.

It should be apparent to residents attending tonights meeting

that there is a crucial and life enhancing need to not only test

air and soil but also the suspect person."Human Bio-Monitoring"

Unapologetically 'f.be Buffalo News Rep. Louise Slaughter is intensely involved in health issues.

has left unanswered many heartfelt A microbiologist with a masters degree in public health, she is a

concerns of cancer suffering residents. To date the News has steadfastly refused to follow up on

their very own/irdtiated published

article showing out of control

Tonawanda cancer occurances.

leading expert in congress on genetics issues.

Please call Rep. Slaughter's aide Mrs. Kathy Lenihan and let her

know that you are in favor of bio-monitoring blood and urine.

!Please call Kathy: Kathleen H. Lenihan

Community Liaison- 716-853- 5813

KATHY.LENIHAN@MAIL.HOUSE.GOV

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"But now, th.e1~te P~pa:rtnM~nt oflte!alth·.·has conn!med w~t lnarlyfeared for a long time: Un~y l\igh ca:ncer rates~ ,n:tbis po~::t~WQrld War ~Working~class CQttun\lnity ~·With its

O'Wil neiqtilio;t'b{)Qt~ SChOO} arid even town gelf COurse - StlrrOUt>.ded by .industrial properties just west of~Uitar\J Road.* . . ··· . . .

").lfedieal evidence has found.! that eal!h of those four cancers can be associated .with

I : 'CANcn<At.ARMIN~LYABOVB·N.Y•SAVS.AAG:SS . I ·: ••

NY.S>DSP'Jr of·BSA!i. Ttl atBPW·•NSWS-'Sunda,yeaition/ Jan13, 200~ · . itp Codes 14217 8r 14190 . .

.·~~ radiation.exPo~t.WE!, ac.cording.· to the state Health D~~nt."

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YOU PROPOSED IT !'

N.Y .. S :H1.J1Xlan l3io-MonitoDing Program .. , · AU:>al1Y' NY;s: D:Spt. ofHealth~Wa®worth Cet"lter/ODC/Choboyietter Sep, gra~ 200:2

Han. Antonia C., Nov-elle~- ColilUiissloller/ NY'S :Dept. Of Health •

Rout (jov· CEQRGE l'ATAIQ ~NO? .. · .. ·· .· ... · .· ..•. Hoti~ 'State ~~sy. RQBIN SC~l\QNGER SAID NO?

Par~F¢$ .8r Remd,rmu Please· s~na a ll!e$S~e Tonight! ,' : :' ' '

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m.4'l'fiS ~.JO$ $l'Ah;PsPT, Of~'t'Rw.'taS'l'•OUI<•·Chit<!i~p~·I!Ild.Wesent , ~~o have Attended flolme•s ~d Riverview. Stein¢ntar~

· Same, t~!sting bloo4 urin~, breas:ttniJk.h.air. ···as recently pMsed ca. Hon.' Gov. Sahw~l'le§gett/Orti~ bm SB 13~~9/Z006 by - J.lon~ SeJ¥ltor Pebo~ah brtiz/Ca .

. 'We ~onitor ~o~· air and water lor poll~tio~. We !llonitor n~h.for .mao~. !3ut we dontt rnbnitor otli'.sebres to· dE..~ennine wll:at .chetnica!s• we. Pa.ve. acctttn~ted in Qur· bodies".

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STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Wadsworth Center The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza P.O. Box509 Albany, New York 12201-0509

Dennis P. Whalen Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H. Commissioner

September3, 2002

Residents for a Responsible Government P.O. Box44 Lewiston, NY 14092

Dear

Executive Deputy Commission£

Ct::? P'/: I'- S'" o A K'fi"'A Le Bt.. vd.

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You have been recommended to us by of the Citizens' Environmental Coalition to participate in the development of a pilot"'scale human biomonitoring program. New York State -through its public health laboratory, Wadsworth Center, and its Center for Environmental Health (CEH)- is currently funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to plan such a program. Over the next 15 months, we intend to (1) identify a number of t:nvironmental exposure problems and knowledge gaps that could be better understood or addressed through biomonitoringi (2) identify collaborators who have an interest in participating in an investigation of a problem or knowledge gap; (3) plan a program of a limited number of such collaborative investigations; and ( 4) secure funding to begin program implementation.

As you know, biomonitoring involves the laboratory measurement of contaminants or biological markers of contaminant exposure in human body fluids and tissues. The application of this relatively new and powerful approach to assessing human exposure has resulted in significant impacts on public health policy and intervention strategies for environmental contaminants such as lead, tobacco smoke, and pesticides. Recent advances in analytical chemistry and toxicology make it possible to discern a great many more biological markers of exposure, and at lower levels of exposure than ever before.

Wadsworth Center, CEH, and CDC have a strong interest in fostering participation of organizations and individuals representing a variety of backgrounds and perspectives in developing a coordinated multifaceted biornonitoring strategy. Toward this goal, we are soliciting advice from, and active partnerships with, environmental health and epidemiology professionals from academia, government, public interest groups, and industry. The guidance we receive will help shape New York State's biornonitoring program. We intend this program to be implemented over the coming years, with several sources offunding, including, in particuhir, a five-year $5 million dollar grant from CDC for which we \Vill apply in 2003.

Although there are no strict guidelines, our biomoni.toring program could incorporate some of the following investigative directions:

• Epidemiological studies of vulnerable (e.g., children) or potentially highly exposed popuiations • Characterization of "baselinet' or "background" exposure levels, to provide a foundation for

interpretation of the results of future biomonitoring efforts • Evaluations of trends in biomonitoring measurements over time, such as those that might indicate the

effectiveness ofexposure mitigation programs • Improved characterization of relationships between environmental contamination levels, exposure

and/ot health outcome incidence to facilitate future risk management decisions

Withyour input, we intend to identify a number of specific stand-alone or interrelated projects ofvarying scale that fall into one or more of the above categories. Projects identified and characterized during this initial phase of plan development will be evaluated, prioritized and possibly expanded upon with guidance from a committee of epidemiologists, analytical chemists, toxicologists and environmental scientists from New York State's Wadsworth Center and Center for Environmental Health. The most promising projects in terms of potential public health benefit, collaborative involvement and feasibility will become part of our state biomonitoring plan.

We have enc1osed a questionnaire to provide you with a means to share your views on important local or state-wide exposure problems, or significant gaps in knowledge of the relationships between environmental contamination, exposure, and health effects, and potential benefits of biomonitoring. Furthermore, we are

. actively seeking.partners with various perspectives, concerns and available resources who might collaborate with us in the future. In filling out the questionnaire, you may indicate whether you have an interest in such a collaboration, and what role you might be able to play in a study to address a problem or knowledge gap that you have identified. Roles for partners might include study design, community outreach, recruitment of participants, sample collection, or .data interpretation. We can contribute investigative leadership or support, as appropriate, and our substantial laboratory resources toward these projects

We hope that this letter has stimulated your interest in participating in the development of a biomonitoring plan for New Y ark State. Please take a few minutes to answer the questions in the enclosed survey and return itto us by postal mail or fax by September 27. If you have any questions, call us or send us an email at biornonitoring@wadsworth.org. Thank you for considering our request.

Division of Environmental Disease Prevention

Biomonitoring Planning Project Division of Environmental Disease Prevention

Biomonitoring Planning Project Division of Environmental Disease Prevention

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Buffalo, New York 14223

(716)- 833-0961 NEWS-LEITER

For Immediate Release- Corps of bngilneers Meeting April 25, '2007/Tonawanda H.S.

What's this fuss all about?

It's about cancer clusters.

It's about votes

It's about our children

It's about doing the right

thing.

Buffalo News/ article Jan 13, 200'2

jointly partnered with New York

State Dept. of Health showed

cancer Significantly higher for Zip

14150 & 14'217

Colo-Rectal/Men 2S % Bladder/Women :26 % Breast Women 12.5 96

Thyroid Women81 96

Overall cancers 22 %

Maj. Doug Rokke, PhD., U.S. Army ret-Address to Congress !

Quote! The Army is required by U.S. Law to treat all persons affected and all areas contaminated by radioactive uranium

r-y-, U.S.Army AR ;~:;~9-1300-275 ~ There are no if's or buts

My utmost thanks to Hon. Sen. Clinton, Schumer and Rep.

Slaughter for taking a positive heartfelt interest in the welfare

of area residents affected by Tonawanda's radio-nuclide

contamination/particularly children emphasis added ! My appreciation to the City ofT onawanda School/SAVE

committee for giving me the opportunity to speak at their

meeting on Feb. 15th 2007.

In attendence Dr. Barbara Peters. Hon. Mayor Pilozzi,fire, police

and board members. I am especially grateful that I was allowed

to telephone-conference the SAVE panel with Dr. Rosalie Bertell

PhD. GNSH/noted epidemiologist and expert on high and low level

radiation who advised attendees on ingestion hazards/dangers

of airborne nuclear particulates to children. In addition she

answered questions posing considerations for relocating children

.attending Riverview elementary school in the event that blood

and urine analysis showed to be problematic.

It should be apparent to residents attending tonights meeting

t.hat there is a crucial and life enhancing need to not only test ,air and soil but also the suspect person."Human Bio-Monitoring"

Unapologetically The Buffalo News Rep. Louise Slaughter is intensely involved in health issues.

has left unanswered many heartfelt ,A microbiologist with a masters degree in public health, she is a

concerns of cancer suffering residents. To date the News has steadfastly refused to follow up on

their very own/ir.dtiai:Ej!d published

article showing out of bontrol

Tonawanda cancer oceurances.

ieading expert in congress on genetics issues.

Please call Rep. Slaughter's aide Mrs. Kathy Lenihan and let her

know that you are in favor of bio-monitoring blood and urine.

F'lease call Kathy: Kathleen H. Lenihan

Community Liaison- 716-853- 5813

KATHY.LENIHAN@MAIL.HOUSE.GOV

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TOJaCinTONA~~A

Corps of bngineers :Meeting April 25, 2007/Tonawanda :H.S.

For Immediate Release

Dear S

16S Oakvale Blvd.

Buffalo, New York 14223

(716)-,~'33-0961

Was asked by new group CURE headed by p to thank you for your extremely helpful input as

shown by youself a:t last "SAVE Committee City of Tonawanda's phone conference regarding radionuclide issues

facing parents and school officials.

You have awakened many in our community. Your views have been well received by residents and much

appreciated.

One thing! the landfill here when completed can only be used by a person for recreational use 2 hrs per week or

15 min per day so says the Corps.

Thank you for article on "Dust" Planned Test Sute

Utmost thanks- Phii.. ...... Gbfa--mpfa

As I think I said, the road will just delay clean-up. The material will migrate down into the underground

water. This will affect well water first, but eventual! will pollute nearby streams and even the lake. The real

question for the residents is: "How far into thE~ future do you care? Your children? Your children's children?

Your children's children's children?

I think everyone living any places near a radiation hazard should wear radiation measurement

badges. The DOE likes to use the phrasE~ Radiation Protection Dosimeters because it gives untrained

people a false idea that they are protected by the badges.

Gamma Rays will go through clothing. Alpha, and Beta particles can be detected if worn on the

outside of clothing, and these particles will be detected. We did wear them around our necks on a

chain, or on pocket savers in our shirt or jacket pocket. Furthermore the DOE should be the people

who provide the dosimeters.

The dosimeter badges were taken away from KAPL workers in 1975, so workers would have the

image of working in a safe environment. If you folks are living in the environment, as it appears to me,

your Mayor should go to the DOE badges for everyone, but especially for pregnant women and

children, within a distance chosen by a c1ertified Non-DOE Health Physicist or a member of your

Medical community. Better yet see if you can get a Physician from Social Responsibility [PSRJ to

determine the type badges and the distance.

Tell the DOE you want the Badges to be worn within ten miles of the facility, and you also want urine

samples taken on a monthly basis and blood samples taken on a six month basis, with DOE to bear

the cost. If they ask for a reason simply bell them you don't trust the DOE, period. I believe that the

DOE has yet to perform a decent cleanup throughout the Nation. You can quote me on that to the

DOE. You can tell them, furthermore, that I will be happy to engage in a debate with the DOE at any

Time.

USMC [Retired]

Nuclear Physicist/Nuclear Engineer/Man<3ger of Nuclear Safety

at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory [1972-1990] [Retired]

Nuclear Reactor Physicist of Naval Nuclear Power Plants at KAPL [1959-1972] Retired